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You don’t need to go to South Sudan to help FIGS achieve our aim. We are working with local South Sudanese traders to design and build the school, but there are a lot of ways you can help us progress right here in England. We are looking volunteers, based in London, who’d be interested to get involved in a range of local events and activities! This will include working with:

UK-based South Sudanese communities.

Schools to raise awareness and support fundraising.

Other volunteers to organize large fundraising events.

Trustees to write bids in order to obtain funding and more…

We are a new and small charity and we have a lot of work ahead of us! By getting involved you will help shape the projects future and will make a huge difference to the lives of young South Sudanese women.

If you’re interested in getting involved we formally invite you to join us at our introductory event in London! Please can all attendees send notice of their attendance to Londonfigs@gmail.com as soon as possible.

The commitment and involvement of the local Ibba community is vital to the success of this project for a new school for girls. The school has won the active support of the local community, including the village elders, tribal chiefs, the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, and the government – at county, state and national levels. We have already started to strengthen teaching at primary level, and to encourage girls to aspire to continue their education. The Friends of Ibba Girls School funded the salaries of four qualified teachers in feeder primary schools in the area. And we will support adult literacy and education classes, making the school a valuable asset to the whole community – most people have missed out on the chance of schooling because of the civil war.

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Ibba Girls' School will provide high quality education specifically for girls because so few get the chance to be educated beyond primary level. The school will be residential, to make it possible for girls from a wide catchment area to attend and to study safely, away from competing demands within their families. The plan is to build gradually, from an initial intake of two classes of 40 girls, to a total of 640 girls in 16 classrooms for 40 pupils each.

Empower girls

Educate Girls

Teach a man to read; you educate him for a lifetime. Teach a woman to read, and she’ll inspire her children, her friends and neighbours, start a small co-operative business, and soon the whole village is buzzing. Women are key to fighting poverty and to raising educational and living standards.

The commitment and involvement of the local community is vital to the success of this project for a new school for girls in Ibba village and county. The school has won the active support of the local community, including the village elders, tribal chiefs, the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, and the government – at county, state and national levels. We have already started to strengthen teaching at primary level, and to encourage girls to aspire to continue their education. The Friends of Ibba Girls School funded the salaries of four qualified teachers in feeder primary schools in the area. And we will support adult literacy and education classes, making the school a valuable asset to the whole community – most people have missed out on the chance of schooling because of the civil war.

Creating a girls residential school in Ibba village and county is a once in a generation opportunity to make a practical difference to the education and life chances of girls in South Sudan, most of whom get no schooling beyond the age of ten.

Friends of Ibba Girls School is Registered Charity (England and Wales) Number 1146220. And a Private Company Limited by Guarantee No 07874206. Registered office: 77, Styvechale
Avenue, Coventry, CV5 6DW, United Kingdom.